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AZWification on 07 August 2014
outlawauron said:
AZWification said:

Apparently the 3DS is selling badly because it's selling worse than the 2nd best selling video game system of all time!

It's also not likely to pass PSP, which some still call a failure with a bad library. It'll be the worst selling Nintendo handheld ever, unless something major happens. So far this year, it's on track to be the lowest or 2nd lowest year of its life.

The PSP sold over 80 million.. I don't see how that makes it a failure.. >_>



                
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Mr.Playstation on 07 August 2014
outlawauron said:
AZWification said:

Apparently the 3DS is selling badly because it's selling worse than the 2nd best selling video game system of all time!

It's also not likely to pass PSP, which some still call a failure with a bad library. It'll be the worst selling Nintendo handheld ever, unless something major happens. So far this year, it's on track to be the lowest or 2nd lowest year of its life.

I think it will pass the psp easily, nintendo just needs to add a new peripheral to an umpcoming hardware revision like what they did to DSi by adding a camera, or make a slim 3DS I mean most DS's sold were slim DS's.



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STRYKIE on 07 August 2014

I suppose part of it is that... it doesn't really make sense that the 3DS isn't doing as well as the original DS line. The DS had a big gun to compete with, the 3DS does not.

Or maybe we really are severely underestimating the mass market's inability to distinguish a true successor console unless a '2' is slapped onto the end of an existing console's name...

That also being said, this is the longest since the original Game Boy that a Nintendo handheld has had to wait for it's first set of Pokemon games, whether that remains a valid talking point remains to be seen.



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daredevil.shark on 07 August 2014

Plus 3DS didnt do anything special to lure gamers from smartphones. Present is damaged (3DS). And future (nintendo's next handheld) is very uncertain for its success.



Smear-Gel on 07 August 2014
STRYKIE said:
Smear-Gel said:
Everyone knows comparing the PS3 and PS4 to the PS2 is silly.

But comparing the 3DS to the DS is fine because it's Nintendo so like, whatever man.

Or some other crud.

It's dumb.


This does happen frequently though.

I've only seen the PS4 compared to the PS2 by people thonking it will outsell it. 



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Mr.Playstation on 07 August 2014
STRYKIE said:
I suppose part of it is that... it doesn't really make sense that the 3DS isn't doing as well as the original DS line. The DS had a big gun to compete with, the 3DS does not.

Or maybe we really are severely underestimating the mass market's inability to distinguish a true successor console unless a '2' is slapped onto the end of an existing console's name...

I will agree with what you said in the first paragraph for the sake of humanity.



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Ninsect on 07 August 2014
AZWification said:
outlawauron said:
AZWification said:

Apparently the 3DS is selling badly because it's selling worse than the 2nd best selling video game system of all time!

It's also not likely to pass PSP, which some still call a failure with a bad library. It'll be the worst selling Nintendo handheld ever, unless something major happens. So far this year, it's on track to be the lowest or 2nd lowest year of its life.

The PSP sold over 80 million.. I don't see how that makes it a failure.. >_>

It was competing with the DS. It's all relative.



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Ninsect on 07 August 2014
Mr.Playstation said:
outlawauron said:
AZWification said:

Apparently the 3DS is selling badly because it's selling worse than the 2nd best selling video game system of all time!

It's also not likely to pass PSP, which some still call a failure with a bad library. It'll be the worst selling Nintendo handheld ever, unless something major happens. So far this year, it's on track to be the lowest or 2nd lowest year of its life.

I think it will pass the psp easily, nintendo just needs to add a new peripheral to an umpcoming hardware revision like what they did to DSi by adding a camera, or make a slim 3DS I mean most DS's sold were slim DS's.

It has virtually no chance of passing it. It has hit the typical decline part of Nintendo consoles' sales curve. Won't take that long from here for it to almost stop selling. I see a successor being announced next year, too, which will accelerate the decline.



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AZWification on 07 August 2014
Ninsect said:
AZWification said:

The PSP sold over 80 million.. I don't see how that makes it a failure.. >_>

It was competing with the DS. It's all relative.

Yeah, but the DS is the best selling handheld of all time for Pete's sake! I don't think it's fair to throw it into any comparison! :-/



                
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Smear-Gel on 07 August 2014
Ninsect said:
Smear-Gel said:
Everyone knows comparing the PS3 and PS4 to the PS2 is silly.

But comparing the 3DS to the DS is fine because it's Nintendo so like, whatever man.

Or some other crud.

It's dumb.

PS3 WAS compared to PS2...a LOT. 3DS is compared to DS because it's a direct successor. PS4 is often compared to PS3 (it's dominating it) and even PS2 (it's comfortably ahead of it). It's the same with everything else. PSV is compared to PSP. One is compared to 360.

It's not that 3DS is being bashed, it's just that it's massively down on last generation. That is not an opinion or a biased statement. It's a fact you can check out for yourself.

I'm unsure where I implied the 3DS isnt selling worse than the DS. I'm not blinding myself from facts or deluding myself or whatever you're trying to say.

 

I just think expecting a console to sell just like it's predesessor, when it's predessesor is the highest selling of it's kind of all time, in a market that's shrinking due to smartphones and tablets, is....silly.